the results of the first systematic study of the wage expectations of European college students. Our data are based on the … replies to the same questionnaire by more than 6000 college students all over Europe. We study the determinants of wage …-specific micro-data. In line with U.S. studies we find that students overestimate returns to education. …

adulthood. The program led to a gradual increase in university education of the high school treated students, reaching a gain of …

schooling in Israeli kibbutzim. This pay reform, which induced kibbutz students to improve their academic achievements during … high school, spilled over to non-kibbutz members who attended schools with these kibbutz students. In the short run, peers … of kibbutz students improved their high school outcomes and shifted to courses with higher financial returns. In the …

ability distribution drive the impact of peer quality on students‟ achievements. To do so, we use census data for four cohorts … of pupils taking their age-14 national tests, and measure students‟ ability by their prior achievements at age-11. We …

number of children, better knowledge and higher probability of using contraceptives, recognition that family size can … compromise children quality, larger role for women in family decision making, less religiosity, and positive attitude towards …

parental leave from 12 to 24 months for children born on July 1, 1990 or later. We use test scores from the Austrian PISA test …

be responsible for poor health and low levels of schooling among the children of young mothers. This paper uses special … the effect of maternal age and single parenthood on children's disability status and school progress. Our results suggest … that there is little association between maternal age at birth and children's disabilities. But the children of teen …